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name: "David Hughes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-a-hughes"
fi1m_id: "david-a-hughes"
imdb_id: "nm0400542"
tmdb_id: 959
wikidata_id: "Q3017347"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "25 April 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T14:09:22.330668+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# David Hughes

## Identity

David Hughes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-a-hughes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-a-hughes
- **IMDb ID:** nm0400542
- **TMDB ID:** 959
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3017347
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hughes_(musician), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3017347, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0400542/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/959

Composer. Born 25 April 1960 in Liverpool, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 25 April 1960, Liverpool, England, UK
- **Active:** 1998–2005
- **Also known as:** David A. Hughes, Cooper Hughes
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hughes_(musician), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3017347, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0400542/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/959

## Biography

David A. Hughes is an English composer and musician. Born in 1960 in Liverpool, he began his career in the late 1970s and 1980s playing keyboards in post-punk and electronic bands including Dalek I Love You and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.

From the mid-1980s he composed soundtracks for films and television. Early credits include C.H.U.D. (1984, as Cooper Hughes). He frequently collaborated with John Murphy until 1999; their joint work includes the score for Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998). Hughes has since composed alone on titles such as The Bachelor (1999), Bob the Butler (2005), Hogfather (2007) and The Colour of Magic (2008). He has also produced independent feature films through Red Union Films.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels* (1998), Fi1m 78, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/lock-stock-and-two-smoking-barrels.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Return of the Yuletide Kid* (2019), Producer, Original Music Composer, Editor
- *The Violators* (2016), Producer
- *The Color of Magic 2in1* (2010), Music
- *Boy Meets Girl* (2009), series, Music
- *The Colour of Magic* (2008), series, Original Music Composer
- *Hogfather* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Hogfather* (2006), series, Original Music Composer
- *Funland* (2005), series, Original Music Composer
- *Bob the Butler* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Fat Slags* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *The Virgin of Liverpool* (2003), Music
- *New Best Friend* (2002), Music
- *Large* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Chain of Fools* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *The Bachelor* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *One More Kiss* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels* (1998), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/lock-stock-and-two-smoking-barrels.md)
- *The Real Howard Spitz* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *What Rats Won't Do* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Black Velvet Band* (1997), Music
- *The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous* (1997), series, Original Music Composer
- *Darklands* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Giving Tongue* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Proteus* (1995), Music
- *Clockwork Mice* (1995), Music
- *Solitaire for 2* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Welcome II the Terrordome* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *A Feast at Midnight* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Beyond Bedlam* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *C.H.U.D.* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Hearts and Armour* (1983), Music

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